Apr 4, 2016

One more coconut oil brand banned

Thiruvananthapuram: The food safety department has banned manufacturing and sale of coconut oil brand, Pavan, after samples of it was found to be adulterated. With this, the number of coconut oil brands banned by the department has touched 14.
Food safety department in a test in July last year has found that 'Pavan' did not conform to the standards prescribed for coconut oil. However, the manufacturer P M Subair of Ansar Oil industries requested the department to forward samples to referral lab in Kolkata. The Kolkata lab too said that the samples were substandard and unsafe for human consumption.

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